Travis Anderson

Chemist

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Chemist

tmander@sandia.gov

(505) 270-9523

Biography

Travis M. Anderson is a Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories. He received his B.S degree in Chemistry from Mercer University in 1997 and his Ph.D. degree in Inorganic Chemistry from Emory University in 2002. His research interests include synthetic inorganic chemistry, battery materials aging, and flow batteries.

Research Interests

  • Synthetic inorganic chemistry (coordination chemistry and cluster chemistry)
  • Flow batteries (prototyping, non-aqueous chemistries)
  • Battery materials aging (thermal and lithium primary)

Education

  • Ph.D. in Chemistry, Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia), 2002
  • B.S. in Chemistry, Mercer University (Macon, Georgia), 1997

Publications

Reed Wittman, Harry Pratt, Travis Anderson, Yuliya Preger, (2021). Gas Evolution from Mixed-AcidFlow Batteries https://doi.org/10.2172/1893282 Publication ID: 76304

Brennan Walder, Mark Conradi, John Borchardt, Laura Merrill, Eric Sorte, Eric Deichmann, Travis Anderson, Todd Alam, Katharine Harrison, (2021). NMR spectroscopy of coin cell batteries with metal casings Science Advances https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abg8298 Publication ID: 79463

Travis Anderson, Claudina Cammack, Harry Pratt, (2021). An Overview and Recent Progress in Metal-Based Charge Carriers for Non-aqueous Flow Batteries https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1855916 Publication ID: 77632

Claudina Cammack, Harry Pratt, Leo Small, Travis Anderson, (2021). A higher voltage Fe(ii) bipyridine complex for non-aqueous redox flow batteries Dalton Transactions https://doi.org/10.1039/d0dt03927f Publication ID: 71247

Timothy Lambert, Erik Spoerke, Cy Fujimoto, Travis Anderson, Amalie Frischknecht, Leo Small, Babu Chalamala, (2020). GRID ENERGY STORAGE R&D AT SANDIA https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1832676 Publication ID: 71865

L. VanGelder, Harry Pratt, Travis Anderson, E. Matson, (2020). Metal Oxide Clusters as Charge Carriers for Nonaqueous https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1820554 Publication ID: 74829

Travis Anderson, Claudina Cammack, Leo Small, Harry Pratt, (2020). Higher Voltage Iron Bipyridines for Non-Aqueous Redox Flow Batteries https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1820893 Publication ID: 74839

Claudina Cammack, Harry Pratt, Leo Small, Travis Anderson, (2020). Tunable Iron(II) Bipyridine Complexes for Non-Aqueous Redox Flow Batteries https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1821285 Publication ID: 74890

Eric Deichmann, Claudina Cammack, Laura Merrill, Katharine Harrison, Samantha Rosenberg, Katherine Jungjohann, Travis Anderson, (2020). Investigating the Chemical SEI of New and Aged Commercial Li Primary Batteries https://doi.org/10.2172/1824274 Publication ID: 71095

Andrew Koehler, Mona Ebrish, James Gallagher, Travis Anderson, Brenton Noesges, Leonard Brillson, Brendan Gunning, Karl Hobart, Geoffrey Foster, Francis Kub, (2020). Recovery from plasma etching-induced nitrogen vacancies in p-type gallium nitride using UV/O3treatments Applied Physics Letters https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0021153 Publication ID: 74733

Nicholas Turner, Matthew Freeman, Harry Pratt, Austin Crockett, Daniel Jones, Mitchell Anstey, Travis Anderson, Christopher Bejger, (2020). Desymmetrized hexasubstituted [3]radialene anions as aqueous organic catholytes for redox flow batteries Chemical Communications https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1820553 Publication ID: 74828

Harry Pratt, Leo Small, Travis Anderson, (2019). Diagnostics for Failure Modes in Non-Aqueous Flow Batteries https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1642760 Publication ID: 65531

Leo Small, Harry Pratt, Travis Anderson, (2019). Elucidating Molecular Transport through Membranes in Flow Batteries https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1646004 Publication ID: 65087

Leo Small, Harry Pratt, Travis Anderson, (2019). Elucidating Molecular Transport through Membranes in Flow Batteries https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1662014 Publication ID: 65004

Leo Small, Harry Pratt, Cy Fujimoto, Travis Anderson, (2019). Crossover Mechanisms in Polymer Membranes for Redox Flow Batteries https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1639860 Publication ID: 68247

Leo Small, Harry Pratt, Travis Anderson, (2019). Ions on the Loose: Quantifying Crossover in Aqueous Soluble Organic Redox Flow Batteries https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1639776 Publication ID: 68084

Seong Lee, Kishalay Mitra, Harry Pratt, Travis Anderson, Venkatasailanathan Ramadesigan, Babu Chalamala, Venkat Subramanian, (2019). Open data, models, and codes for vanadium redox batch cell systems: A systems approach using zero-dimensional models Journal of Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4044156 Publication ID: 68620

Leo Small, Harry Pratt, Travis Anderson, (2019). Crossover in membranes for aqueous soluble organic redox flow batteries Journal of the Electrochemical Society https://doi.org/10.1149/2.0681912jes Publication ID: 66131

Travis Anderson, Leo Small, Harry Pratt, Cy Fujimoto, (2019). Sandia Flow Battery Prototyping and Testing https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1593529 Publication ID: 64376

Kerry-Ann Stirrup, M. Rodriguez, Eric Coker, James Griego, Travis Anderson, (2018). MONITORING OF FES2 REACTIONS USING HIGH-TEMPERATURE XRD COUPLED WITH GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY https://doi.org/10.1017/S0885715619000320 Publication ID: 60127

Leo Small, Harry Pratt, Travis Anderson, (2018). Relating Membrane Materials Properties to Crossover Mechanisms in Flow Batteries https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1592319 Publication ID: 59084

Leo Small, Harry Pratt, Travis Anderson, (2018). Ions on the Loose: Quantifying Crossover in Aqueous Soluble Organic Redox Flow Batteries https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1592320 Publication ID: 59085

Travis Anderson, (2018). Monitoring of FeS2 reactions using high temperature XRD coupled with Gas Chromatography (GC) https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1574415 Publication ID: 63491

Daniel Wesolowski, Margaret Sanchez, Ashley Allen, Chad Staiger, Nancy Missert, Andrea Ambrosini, Russell Jarek, Travis Anderson, (2018). Accelerated Aging of Li(Si)/CoS2 Thermal Batteries https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1526133 Publication ID: 62516

Eric Allcorn, Ganesan Nagasubramanian, Bertha Montoya, Hannah Height, Christopher Apblett, Travis Anderson, (2018). Film Coating of Electrodes for High Power Density Thermal Batteries https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1527075 Publication ID: 62594

Jennifer Dellinger, Travis Anderson, Christopher Cassano, Justin Serrano, Summer Ferreira, Armando Fresquez, Casey Keane, Kelsey Forsberg, Mara Schindelholz, (2018). Acoustic and Structural Vibration Monitoring of Thermal Batteries to Detect Events and Margin Change https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1529456 Publication ID: 62669

Eric Allcorn, Ganesan Nagasubramanian, Bertha Montoya, Hannah Height, Christopher Apblett, Travis Anderson, (2018). Film Coating of Electrodes for High Power Density Thermal Batteries https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1511788 Publication ID: 61914

Daniel Wesolowski, Margaret Sanchez, Ashley Allen, Chad Staiger, Nancy Missert, Andrea Ambrosini, Russell Jarek, Travis Anderson, (2018). Accelerated Aging of Li(Si)/CoS2 Thermal Batteries https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1510674 Publication ID: 61760

Jennifer Dellinger, Travis Anderson, Christopher Cassano, Justin Serrano, Summer Ferreira, Armando Fresquez, Casey Keane, Kelsey Forsberg, Mara Schindelholz, (2018). Event Detection via Acoustic Monitoring of Percussion Primers for Margin Analysis https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1510562 Publication ID: 61801

Leo Small, Harry Pratt, Chad Staiger, Travis Anderson, (2018). Chemically Mediated Redox Flow Batteries https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1504818 Publication ID: 61339

Seong Lee, Harry Pratt, Travis Anderson, Kishalay Mitra, Babu Chalamala, Venkat Subramanian, (2018). Estimation of transport and kinetic parameters of vanadium redox batteries using static cells ECS Transactions https://doi.org/10.1149/08505.0043ecst Publication ID: 61101

Leo Small, Harry Pratt, Chad Staiger, Travis Anderson, (2017). Chemically Mediated Redox Flow Batteries for Modular High Power Energy Storage https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1477916 Publication ID: 53540

Leo Small, Harry Pratt, Chad Staiger, Travis Anderson, (2017). MetILs3: A Strategy for High Density Energy Storage Using Redox-Active Ionic Liquids Advanced Sustainable Systems https://doi.org/10.1002/adsu.201700066 Publication ID: 53074

S. Martin, Harry Pratt, Travis Anderson, (2017). Screening for High Conductivity/Low Viscosity Ionic Liquids Using Product Descriptors Molecular Informatics https://doi.org/10.1002/minf.201600125 Publication ID: 49501

Leo Small, Harry Pratt, Chad Staiger, Cy Fujimoto, Travis Anderson, (2017). MetILs3: A Strategy for Maximizing Energy Density in Flow Battery Electrolytes https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1456497 Publication ID: 55713

Leo Small, Harry Pratt, Chad Staiger, Rachel Martin, Travis Anderson, Babu Chalamala, Thiagarajan Soundappan, Monika Tiwari, Venkat Subarmanian, (2017). Vanadium Flow Battery Electrolyte Synthesis via Chemical Reduction of V2O5 in Aqueous HCl and H2SO4 https://doi.org/10.2172/1342368 Publication ID: 53009

Dorina Sava Gallis, Harry Pratt, Travis Anderson, Karena Chapman, (2016). Electrochemical activity of MOFs as positive electrode for Na-ion batteries https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1376779 Publication ID: 51744

Leo Small, Travis Anderson, Harry Pratt, Cy Fujimoto, (2016). Materials for Multi-Electron Redox Flow Processes https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1377707 Publication ID: 51689

M. Rodriguez, Eric Coker, James Griego, Curtis Mowry, Adam Pimentel, Travis Anderson, (2016). Monitoring of CoS2 reactions using high-temperature XRD coupled with gas chromatography (GC) Powder Diffraction https://doi.org/10.1017/s0885715616000166 Publication ID: 52819

Daniel Wesolowski, Ashley Allen, Chad Staiger, Andrea Ambrosini, Nancy Missert, Henry Peebles, Travis Anderson, (2016). Accelerated Aging of Li(Si)/FeS2 Thermal Batteries https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1364692 Publication ID: 50082

Leo Small, Harry Pratt, Cy Fujimoto, Travis Anderson, (2016). MetILs: Energy Dense Metal Ionic Liquids https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1364824 Publication ID: 49047

Travis Anderson, Leo Small, Harry Pratt, Cy Fujimoto, (2016). Advances in Materials for Ionic Liquid Flow Batteries https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1364828 Publication ID: 49051

Dorina Sava Gallis, Harry Pratt, Travis Anderson, Karena Chapman, (2016). Electrochemical investigation of MOFs as intercalation materials for Na-ion batteries https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1347163 Publication ID: 48825

Leo Small, Harry Pratt, Cy Fujimoto, Travis Anderson, (2016). Diels alder polyphenylene anion exchange membrane for nonaqueous redox flow batteries Journal of the Electrochemical Society https://doi.org/10.1149/2.0141601jes Publication ID: 45064

Christopher Apblett, David Stewart, Robert Fryer, Julia Sell, Harry Pratt, Travis Anderson, Robert Meulenberg, (2015). In situ XANES and EXAFS Analysis of Redox Active Fe Center Ionic Liquids Electrochimica Acta https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2015.09.093 Publication ID: 48129

M. Rodriguez, Eric Coker, Curtis Mowry, Adam Pimentel, Travis Anderson, James Griego, (2015). MONITORING OF COS2 REACTIONS USING HIGH TEMPERATURE XRD COUPLED WITH GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY (GC) https://doi.org/10.1017/S0885715616000166 Publication ID: 45879

Ryan Zarkesh, Patrick Cappillino, Albert Talin, Mitchell Anstey, Travis Anderson, (2015). In operando Flow Battery Monitoring for Safety and Reliability https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1323038 Publication ID: 45379

Travis Anderson, Cy Fujimoto, Harry Pratt, Leo Small, (2015). Adv. Materials for Ionic Liquid Flow Battery https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1323039 Publication ID: 45380

Kyle Fenton, Ganesan Nagasubramanian, Chad Staiger, Harry Pratt, Susan Rempe, Kevin Leung, Mangesh Chaudhari, Travis Anderson, (2015). Organosilicon-Based Electrolytes for Long-Life Lithium Primary Batteries https://doi.org/10.2172/1222982 Publication ID: 45741

Christopher Orendorff, Kyle Fenton, Ganesan Nagasubramanian, Joshua Lamb, Travis Anderson, (2015). Evaluation of Abuse Tolerance Improvements https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1256275 Publication ID: 43784

Travis Anderson, Harry Pratt, (2015). Ionic Liquid Flow Battery Materials and Prototyping https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1257576 Publication ID: 43950

Travis Anderson, Harry Pratt, (2015). Ionic Liquid Flow Batteries https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1256242 Publication ID: 43721

Christopher Orendorff, Kyle Fenton, Ganesan Nagasubramanian, Joshua Lamb, Travis Anderson, (2015). Abuse Tolerance Improvements https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1249173 Publication ID: 43140

Nicholas Hudak, Leo Small, Harry Pratt, Travis Anderson, (2015). Through-plane conductivities of membranes for nonaqueous redox flow batteries Journal of the Electrochemical Society https://doi.org/10.1149/2.0901510jes Publication ID: 43590

Travis Anderson, Harry Pratt, (2015). Ionic liquid flow battery materials and prototyping NSTI: Advanced Materials – TechConnect Briefs 2015 https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1244474 Publication ID: 42687

Harry Pratt, William Pratt, Xikui Fang, Nicholas Hudak, Travis Anderson, (2014). Mixed-metal, structural, and substitution effects of polyoxometalates on electrochemical behavior in a redox flow battery Electrochimica Acta https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2014.06.110 Publication ID: 37577

Travis Anderson, Harry Pratt, (2013). Polyoxometalate “Solutions” for Redox Flow Batteries https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1121376 Publication ID: 31749

Harry Pratt, Travis Anderson, Nicholas Hudak, Mitchell Anstey, (2013). Metal Complexes With Redox-Active Ligands As High Energy Density Nonaqueous Redox Flow Battery Electrolytes https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1117137 Publication ID: 36485

Harry Pratt, Jonathan Leonard, Travis Anderson, (2013). Copper Ionic Liquids: A New Approach to Stationary EnergyStorage Through Tunable Ion Pairing https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1109014 Publication ID: 35505

Patrick Cappillino, Harry Pratt, Nicholas Hudak, Travis Anderson, Mitchell Anstey, (2013). Advanced Energy Materials Cover Art Advanced Energy Materials https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1109020 Publication ID: 35506

Harry Pratt, Travis Anderson, (2013). Mixed Addenda Polyoxometalate %22Solutions%22 for Stationary Energy Storage Dalton Transactions https://doi.org/10.1039/c3dt51653a Publication ID: 35577

Harry Pratt, Nicholas Hudak, Travis Anderson, (2013). A polyoxometalate flow battery Journal of Power Sources https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2013.02.056 Publication ID: 32055

Travis Anderson, Harry Pratt, (2013). MetILs: Ionic Liquids for Redox Flow Batteries https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1107000 Publication ID: 34996

Travis Anderson, Harry Pratt, Jonathan Leonard, (2013). Redox Flow Batteries Discussions: UT/ORNL/SNL https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1666212 Publication ID: 34777

Mitchell Anstey, Travis Anderson, Harry Pratt, (2013). Metal complexes with redox-active ligands as electrolytes for high-performance flow batteries https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1073148 Publication ID: 32897

Harry Pratt, Jonathan Leonard, Leigh Steele, Chad Staiger, Travis Anderson, (2012). Copper Ionic Liquids: examining the role of the anion in determining physical and chemical properties Proposed for publication in Inorganica Chimica Acta. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ica.2012.10.005 Publication ID: 30545

Kevin Zavadil, Erik Spoerke, Frank Delnick, Travis Anderson, Christopher Apblett, Randall Cygan, Jon Ihlefeld, (2012). Sodium-based Battery Development A family of batteries for large scale storage https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1073435 Publication ID: 30141

Travis Anderson, Harry Pratt, (2012). Advanced Materials for Flow Batteries https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1061052 Publication ID: 29915

Travis Anderson, Harry Pratt, (2012). Tailorable Ionic Liquids for Broad Electrochemical Applications https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1073347 Publication ID: 29315

Travis Anderson, Nicholas Hudak, (2012). Flow Battery R&D at Sandia https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1064273 Publication ID: 28766

Christopher Brigman, Travis Anderson, Harry Pratt, (2012). Dalton Transactions Polyoxometalate Cover Art Proposed for publication in Dalton Transactions. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1067733 Publication ID: 27885

Kevin Zavadil, Christopher Apblett, Frank Delnick, Erik Spoerke, Randall Cygan, Travis Anderson, (2012). Sodium-based Battery Development Programmatic Overview https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1078455 Publication ID: 27640

Harry Pratt, Travis Anderson, (2012). A co-crystal of polyoxometalates exhbiting single-molecule magnet behavior: the structural origin of a large magnetic anisotropy Dalton Transactions https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1145314 Publication ID: 26853

Chad Staiger, Harry Pratt, Jonathan Leonard, David Ingersoll, Travis Anderson, (2011). MetILs: A FAMILY OF METAL IONIC LIQUIDS FOR REDOX FLOW BATTERIES https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1111736 Publication ID: 25129

Harry Pratt, David Ingersoll, Todd Alam, Travis Anderson, (2011). Synthesis and Characterization of Polyoxometalates For Energy Storage Applications https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1106514 Publication ID: 24139

Jeffery Greathouse, Travis Anderson, (2011). Trends in Binding Phenomena of CW Simulants to Selected Materials https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1120279 Publication ID: 23287

Travis Anderson, David Ingersoll, Alyssa Hensley, Chad Staiger, Jonathan Leonard, (2010). Synthesis of an ionic liquid with an iron coordination cation Dalton Transactions https://doi.org/10.1039/c0dt00523a Publication ID: 19139

Jeffery Greathouse, Travis Anderson, (2010). Trends in binding phenomena of CW simulants to selected materials CBS.SIM.03.10.SN.003 https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1020458 Publication ID: 18582

Travis Anderson, David Ingersoll, Chad Staiger, Karen Waldrip, (2009). Electroactive Ionic Liquids: A New Approach To Flow Batteries https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1142010 Publication ID: 16984

Travis Anderson, (2008). Direct observation of contact ion-pairing in aqueous solution Proposed for publication in Nature Chemistry. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/951533 Publication ID: 15086

Travis Anderson, Paula Provencio, (2008). A Comparison of Aqueous and Non-aqueous Soft-Chemical Syntheses of Lithium Niobate and Lithium Tantalate Powders Journal of Materials Chemistry https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1142897 Publication ID: 14404

Travis Anderson, Mark Rodriguez, (2008). Controlled Assembly of [Nb6-xWxO19](8-x)- (x %3D 0 – 4) Lindqvist Ions with Copper-Amine Complexes European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1145700 Publication ID: 13397

Travis Anderson, (2008). Reaction Dynamics of the Decaniobate ([HxNb10O28](6-x)-) Ion in Water Angewandte Chemie https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1145602 Publication ID: 13398

Travis Anderson, Todd Alam, Mark Rodriguez, (2007). An aqueous route to [Ta6O19]8- and solid-state studies of isostructural niobium and tantalum oxide complexes https://doi.org/10.2172/1139977 Publication ID: 11720

Travis Anderson, Todd Alam, Mark Rodriguez, May Nyman, (2007). An Aqueous Route to [Ta6O19]8- and Solid-State Studies of Isostructural Niobium and Tantalum Oxide Complexes Dalton Transactions https://doi.org/10.1039/b707636c Publication ID: 10091

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Patents & Trademarks

D.F. Sava Gallis, H.D. Pratt III, T.M. Anderson, N.S. Hudak Metal-Organic Framework Electrodes for Sodium Ion Batteries U. S. Patent 10,497,971, Issued December 3, 2019.

T.M. Anderson, H.D. Pratt III, HD.F. Sava Gallis, N.S. Hudak Electrodes for Sodium Ion Batteries U. S. Patent 10,320,028, Issued June 11, 2019.

L.J. Small, T.M. Anderson, H.D. Pratt III Nonaqueous Redox Flow Battery Electrolyte Comprising an Ionic Liquid with a Metal Cation Coordinated to Redox-Active Ligands U. S. Patent 10,305,133, Issued May 28, 2019.

C.H. Fujimoto, H.D. Pratt III, T.M. Anderson High Performance, Durable Polymers Including Poly(phenylene) U. S. Patent 9,580,541, Issued February 28, 2017

T.M. Anderson, N.S. Hudak, C.L. Staiger, H.D. Pratt III Polyoxometalate Active Charge-Transfer Material for Mediated Redox Flow Battery U.S. Patent 9,548,509, Issued January 17, 2017.

T.M. Anderson, H.D. Pratt III Polyoxometalate Flow Battery U.S. Patent 9,287,578, Issued March 15, 2016.

T.M. Anderson, D. Ingersoll, C.L. Staiger, H.D. Pratt III Synthesis of Electroactive Ionic Liquids for Flow Battery Applications U.S. Patent 9,123,943, Issued September 1, 2015.

S.G. Thoma, T.M. Anderson Method of Synthesizing Tungsten Nanoparticles U.S. Patent 8,372,177, Issue Date February 12, 2013.